Machine for rolling and covering tobacco



` o. A. SMDER.A Machine for Rolling and Covering Tobaccon No. 225,241. Patented Mar. 9, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Y CHARLES A. SNYDER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MACHlNEil-'OR ROLLING AND COVERING TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,241, dated March 9, 1880.

n Application filed July 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SNYDER, a resident of the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Rolling and Covering Tobacco; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification.

This invention provides a means for'producing from prepared material finished lumps or .v rolls of tobacco, ready for the after manipulations of *he manufacturer. It comprises a novel con..` .ation of parts whereby the ends are formed and capped both alike and the wrapper regularly and smoothly fitted and fastened on lumps of any given dimensions or density.

The nature of my invention will, however,

be much better understood by referring to the .scompanying drawings, on which- Figure l represents a perspectiveview ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of same. Fig. 3 is a front View, showing the arrangement and adjustment of certain parts, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion ci' a finished lump of tobacco.

The machine is composed of two stands, A A', suitably braced together7 and secured to a platform or floor at sufficient distance apart to provide for the operation between the same of a number of rollers the journals of which have their bearings in the stands, as will be hereinafter more fully described. To the front, and near the upper edge, of each stand is constructed a bracket, a, in which operates a small rock-shaft, B, having secured to its projecting ends a pair of cranks, b b', to the outer eX- tremities of which are pivoted the lower ends of a pair of curved bars, O C', while in the upper ends of these bars the journals of a roller, D, operate. Over the said journals are also tted the upper ends of a pair of curved rods, d cl, which have their lower ends pivoted to the rear edges of the stands, as shown at e. Either or both the aforesaid cranks are provided with handles or pins E, whereby they are moved back and forth, and thus raise or lower the roller D as the progress of the work may require.

The rock-shaft B forms a bearing for the i11- ner portion of the feed-table F, the outer edge of which lis supported by ahorizontal bracket, f, the legs of which are secured to the stands, as shown at f. To the rear of the aforesaid rock-shaf. is located the main shaft G, one end of which -s provided with a driving-pulley, H.

.This shalt is furnished between its bearings with a roller, I, over which operates an apron, IQ, the tension upon which is regulated by means of a roller, L. Thejournals of the latter operate in bearing-boxes that are raised or lowered, whenever required, by means of set-screws, as shownat l L.

kThe capping and shapin g rollers are located immediately in rear of the roller I, and con.- sist of a pair of short rollers, M M', which operate in the same line with each other on shafts that are immovably held in their bearings by setscrews, as at m m. It is between these rollers that the tobacco is operated upon, and for this reason the endless band or apron is carried around beneath the same. The said baud is thence carried over the roller D and aroundan idler, N, from which point itpasses up between the feed-roller I and adjustable roller L, the latter providing ameans whereby the proper tension is secured upon the apron to enable it to be worked to the best advantage. The aforesaid apron or band is held in ahorizontal position, and is prevented from sagging at that point where the lling, 825e., is placed thereupon by a curved plate, p, the ends of which are securely bolted to the stands immediately beneath the capping and shaping rollers, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the upper portion of the stands, and projecting inwardly along the front edges of the shaping-rollers, are secured a pair of knives or Scrapers, 1 q', for the purpose of removing any portion of the tobacco projecting in front of same or scrape away adhering tobacco from the shaping and capping rolls.

To operatethe machine the cranks E are moved backward, the said movement carrying in same direction the curved bars and roller D, together with that portion of the apron surrounding the same. The caps, or rather the tobacco-leaves to be used for making the same, are then placed against the ends of the shaping-rollers, with one end of each leaf folded back and the other end spread on the apron.

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The filler is then laid in regularly and the folded ends of each cap raised and turned iu- Ward over the filler. By means of the cranks the roller D is then brought forward into position, so as to exert a certain pressure upon the filler. `The machinery is next started, and the rotary motion given all the rollers'simultaneously causes the apron to move With the same, thus pressing` the tobacco, while at the same time it givesto it acylindrical form. The Wrappers are next placed with care between the lump and apron and against the end of one ofthe rollers, M, when it is dra-wn in and Woundv around the filler, thus wrapping and binding one of the ends thereof. This process is continued with wrapper-leaves until the lump is covered, when the machine is stopped and the cranks E, with roller D, thrown back, thereby opening the pocket containing the lump, which is next removed and completed by placing the finger on the finishing end of the wrapper and by turning the same under the edge of the last fold, thus completing the lump with both ends capped alike, as required.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

3. In combination with the shaping and cap ping rollers and a curved plate arranged beneath said rollers, an endless band or apron held in a horizontal posi-tion and prevented from sagging, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for rolling and covering tobacco, the combination of the brackets a of the frame, affording bearings for the rockshaft B, theI curved pivoted bars G C', suitably connected With the rock-shaft, and forming journal-bearings for the roller D, cranks b b, and pivoted rods d d, substantially as and for purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name. v

' CHAS. A. SNYDER. 1n presence of- W. A. OLIVER,

A A. W. BROWN.

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